Your learning model may be imcomplete. I observe far more complex and interestingly nuanced layers of meaning in my daily interactions with a number of cats. Th

Your learning model may be imcomplete. I observe far more complex and interestingly nuanced layers of meaning in my daily interactions with a number of cats. That number is seven, and for starters I can always single out - by sound alone - exactly who is doing the talking and what the gist of it may be. Might be food, yes, but might equally well be about my desired presence for company, about changing of litter, opening of doors, a bat in the woodstove, a stranger in the driveway, a settling of scores, an attempt at bullshitting me into some action, a call of general distress, what have you. Certainly, I'm only scratching the surface of understanding. I notice that my dog - of whom some of them seem extremely fond - gets targeted with some interspecies communication that I either don't or am too thick to grasp.